>> under a microscope. where is the purse? also, a baseball story. all four players on the yankees who did that and they started with the d. >> ok. that's not bad. who knew that. max i told you that. >> good morning america. the holiday travel rush is on after a week of chaos at airports. airlines bracing for a record setting july 4th weekend, after more than 7,000 flights were cancelled. plus, a frightening midair emergency. a delta jet forced to land without landing gear. plus as a record number of americans hit the road for the holiday, the best and worst times to drive.

air quality alert. smoky air from the canadian wild fires reaching more than 100 million americans from the midwest to the northeast and the dangerous heat spreading across the south. breaking overnight. what's been found on that chinese spy balloon that was shot down over south carolina earlier this year? how president biden is hoping to convince voters he's turning the economy around, and what we're learning about his health. urgent investigation. what caused an amtrak train to derail and injure 15 people? search for answers in the titan sub disaster. what investigators are saying they found inside. coast guard officials confirming presumed human remains have been recovered as the first debris from the wreckage is lifted to shore. disturbing new revelations in the indiana teen's murder case. prosecutors alleging the suspect confessed multiple times to killing the indiana teens in jailed phone calls.

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this just in. after yesterday's show me the money, the missing money website had over 30,000 people find cash. hard cash. now, that is the highest number of claims submitted on a single day so far this year and we have more this morning. i actually looked it up and it seems i have a little cash out there. >> really? >> yeah. >> lunch is on you, right? >> i was about to say don't ask for anything. but, yeah, lunch is on me. i'll share it. >> i'm afraid i'll find out that i owe somebody money. apparently that's not the case. we'll talk about that coming up. also the air quality alert for more than 100 million americans smoke from canadian wild fires spreading across the midwest and making its way to the northeast. ginger will have much more on how long the haze will last. we're going to begin with the chaos in the air as we head into what could be the busiest july 4th holiday weekend on record. this as we know comes as airlines are dealing with thousands of flight

cancellations this week. our transportation correspondent gio benitez is at newark airport. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin. good morning. united airlines is still trying to catch up. it's already cancelled this morning 10% of its flights. that's about 300 flights. as millions are set to travel for this holiday weekend. this morning as the holiday travel rush officially gets under way, airlines are bracing for a record number of travellers on the heels of a week of chaos. >> i'm absolutely exhausted. i'm working on almost no sleep. i'm a mess right now. >> reporter: baggage piling up at airports across the country with frustration growing over ruined holiday travel plans. more than 7,000 flights cancelled since saturday. >> this is my third day here. i was supposed to fly to miami. we lost our cruise. we had to pay for it. now they can find our bags. >> reporter: in the midst of those travel woes a frightening emergency aboard a delta flight from atlanta to charlotte. passengers bracing as the plane

landed on its nose after the front landing gear failed to deploy. amazingly, no one injured. >> we started to smell smoke and see a little bit of smoke in the front cabin. within seconds of seeing the smoke, we were all applauding the landing. >> reporter: after that slew of cancellations led united airlines to blame the faa citing their air traffic control staffing issues, secretary of transportation telling abc news there's room for improvement at the faa, but that's not the only cause. >> united airlines seems to have some issues specific to their airline. statistics make clear faa availability issues are not even close to being the number one cause of delays and cancellations. >> reporter: but the department of transportation's own report said the faa continues to face staffing shortages for air traffic controllers. >> we do want more cushion than we currently have, in terms of the air traffic controllers.

>> reporter: overnight united airlines sent us an update saying it will be on track to restore operations by the holiday weekend. robin, they say they are calling in off duty flight attendants to work those flights. >> that is very encouraging. but what rights do passengers have if their flights are cancelled? >> reporter: robin, okay. if an airline cancels your flight then, yes, you are entitled to a refund. if that cancellation is because of weather, then you're not entitled to a hotel or meal voucher. just make sure you're reading the fine print as you're booking the ticket. >> and know you do have some rights there. michael? now to the nation's highways which are expected to be packed throughout the holiday weekend. will carr is on the freeway in los angeles with what you need to know if you are hitting the road. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, michael. i know everybody is excited for the sun, the fireworks and the barbecue for the 4th of july. if you're planning to travel for

the holiday, you want to make sure you plan ahead. we are expecting a record number of americans traveling over the holiday weekend. according to aaa, more than 43 million americans will be on the roads over the 4th of july holiday. that's up 2% from last year and up 4% from before the pandemic. taking a look at an example of the impact. you're look at our shot from the kabc helicopter and the traffic is only gonna get worse from here. if you're planning to drive from los angeles to las vegas on sunday, that trip to sin city could take more than six hours. normally it takes 4 1/2 without traffic. there is some good news. gas prices are down. the average price for a gallon in the u.s. is just over $3.50. the price per gallon here in california more than $1 cheaper than it was a year ago. another bright spot, rental cars are cheaper nationally by about 25% as well. add it all up and you could run into a travel nightmare if you

don't plan ahead. you're gonna be on the roads tomorrow, make sure you pack that cooler. pack some road games. maybe i spy. tomorrow will be the busiest day of the weekend. whit? >> all right, thanks so much. just in time to potentially impact your outdoor holiday plans, smoke from those canadian wild fires is sweeping across parts of the u.s. >> reporter: that's right, whit. this latest smoke so large from the midwest all the way to georgia. here in atlanta, we are under code orange. that means the air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. that's not uncommon though for the metro here. take a look at chicago. that city the hardest hit. you can barely make out the iconic sky scrapers there. over the past few days, they've seen some of the worst air quality in the world. officials asking the most vulnerable to stay inside and if they have to go outside, they suggest masking up. the epa describes those most

vulnerable to be people with lung or heart disease, as well as young and old people as well as those pregnant. the smoke is still coming from the fires raging in canada. guy, a reminder, that wild fire smoke is particularly dangerous so if you are going outside make sure to keep tabs of the air quality in your area. robin? >> that is a good reminder. thank you. gonna bring in ginger with how long the smoke will linger and more on that extreme heat down south. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, robin. air now.gov. that's the place to go to check yours. i just checked in on pittsburgh pennsylvania. they're at 250 plus. very unhealthy category. usually on this cam you'd see pittsburgh. the sky line of it. not seeing that. it's mixed with fog, too. big time visibility issues. you will see a lot of states with gray on them. you have to be aware of your air quality. all the way up into the northeast is included. here's the smoke forecast. that deep red or orange is what you want to watch. nashville to chattanooga as we get to late friday, early saturday, things will start to

subside. michael, the high pressure system not helping at all kind of trap some of that air. also traps the heat. 113 it feels like in memphis. >> my mom told me she is staying in the house down there in texas. thank you very much, ginger. we're going to the investigation into an amtrak collision in california. a train carrying nearly 200 passengers partially derailed injuring multiple people. >> seven cars, three derailed. >> reporter: this morning an urgent investigation under way after an amtrak train collided with a water truck, jolting all of the cars off the track. >> heard a loud bang. the train shuddered. you could feel the train go off the tracks, start tilting. >> the impact was mediate. i don't know how the driver walked away. >> reporter: officials say the train was full with 186 passengers and a dozen crew members, heading from los angeles to seattle when the crash occurred injuring 14 passengers plus the driver of the truck.

others seen wandering across the tracks and through a nearby field waiting for help to arrive until emergency personnel were able to get to the scene and take the injured to a near hospital. >> i have been in minor car accidents. i have been in really bad turbulence. it was nothing compared to that. >> reporter: the incident causing service between ventura and los angeles to be suspended throughout the day. this as americans prepare for a busy holiday travel weekend. in a statement, amtrak says they're working with customers to make alternate travel arrangements. amtrak, in coordination with local authority, is conducting a thorough investigation. >> we do have law enforcement support in terms of figuring out what happened with this collision. >> reporter: the work crews are removing the last of the derailed train cars. they have put them back on the track and moved them away from the accident scene. the ntsb is investigating. it's worth noting that this is just the latest in a series of train derailments across the country. everything from passenger trains to cargo trains carrying

hazardous material, whit. >> another alarming case. thank you. new details this morning about the chinese spy balloon that was shot down over south carolina earlier this year and what's been found inside. andrew dinmer has the latest. andrew, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. preliminary findings show the chinese spy balloon that flew over the u.s. was heavily equipped with american made technology. according to the wall street journal the early stages of an investigation show american tech helped the balloon collect photos, videos and other information that reportedly had satellite like sensors and solar panels with radar capability. china long claimed it was used for weather analysis. this analysis claims the craft was, in fact, intend for spying. >> reporter: good morning.

we're coming on the air. this one a on millions of american students across this country. the court has just handed down a decision on affirmative action. students for fair admissions, a nonprofit organization, had sued the university of north carolina and harvard. the question at issue here, can public and private colleges and universities continue to use race as one factor among many in deciding who gets admitted? we have just learned moments ago that the supreme court is now striking down harvard and unc's program when it comes to race used in admissions. the court going forward in their decision saying they're going to set new limits on the use of race when it pertains to a particular student, must be part of their individual story and not simply their identity. . i wn terry moran, who has covered the supreme court for years for us. terry, this is a blow for harvard and for uncw trying to defend their programs. again, the supreme court striking down their programs. but it appearing to limit moving forward, saying

race can be a factor, but it has to be part of an individual student's biography, personal story, their narrative. that's it exactly. >> david it's not just harvard and the university of north carolina that used the justification of diversity in the campus life and in the student body as a way of reaching out and finding students that could contribute to that in that way. chief justice john roberts writing for the court and striking down harvard's and university of north carolina's admissions policy, has said that they used race in an unavoidable in a negative manner involved racial stereotyping, and they lacked meaningful end points. when would they know that the balance had been achieved? and roberts saying rather sternly, we have never permitted admissions programs to work in that way. and we will not do so today. instead, as you point instead as you point out, the chief justice saying it must be tied to that individual's

experience. he says at the end of his opinion, he said that if a student has overcome obstacles and can express that in, say, an essay or record of achievement, that that student's courage and determination has overcome obstacles from racial discrimination. that student can, in fact, be considered in slightly a different way. you can't balance the student body. you can't reach for diversity. it's the student's story, experience, not identity that can be considered under this rule. it really does knock down pretty much all of the admissions policies that consider race on the basis of diversity and changes the game really for students trying to get into colleges and universities. >> big picture question for you. not just harvard and unc. these cases involve their particular programs. this is sweeping in nature, will affect colleges across this country and how they look at an

individual's personal story in deciding whether or not they're admitted. >> hundreds of colleges across the country and universities, state and private, have, since the 1970s, tried to achieve diversity on campus by looking at the racial or ethnic backgrounds of students. and essentially without using quotas, tried to balance the student body and achieve diversity for educational purposes on the theory that a diverse student body, you get different points of view. you get a better quality of argument and discussion in classrooms. that programs, those programs are ended by the supreme court. the supreme court requires an individual consideration of every single applicant. if in that applicant's story, there is a story or experience of overcoming discrimination on the basis of race or religion and that student expresses that in an essay or interview or through their accomplishments, the schools and universities will be able to take into account. but no more, according to the

supreme court today, of this effort to achieve diversity overall by looking at the identity, not the story or experience, but the identity of a student alone. >> all right. stick with us here, terry. i want to bring in devin dwyer. this is sweeping in nature, given the 40 years of legal precedent that allowed colleges and universities to use affirmative action in trying to make their student body more diverse. >> it sure is. this is a seat change in american law and american society. it's a big victory for critics of affirmative action. a big set back, as terry was saying, for university, which have relied on this program to diversity their campuses. judge sotomayor described the role it played in her career, dissenting with the three liberal justices. she said this rolls back momentous progress. it strips out almost all uses of race in college admissions.

this will force colleges now headed into the fall college application season to rethink their strategies for diversity on campus. that will affect every high school student this fall, david? >> devin dwyer with us. i want to bring in mary bruce. the white house is tracking this. any statement? >> reporter: david, i'm told the white house is still digging through this decision. we know it is quite lengthy. they are trying to digest this, absorb the impacts of all of this. i do think it is probably likely that we will hear from the president at some point on this today, given the focus that this administration has put on the importance of equality. they have put this issue at the forefront of literally everything they do here. on the president's first day in office one of the first executive orders was on advancing racial equality. this is a case that the white house urged the court not to take up. the harvard case. they had argued there was no sound reason to take this up in the first place. of course, david, all of this is coming as we have to consider the broader political

environment. we have seen republican lawmakers, governors, even several of the presidential candidates have been targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs especially in higher education. and this white house, in talking to officials before this decision was made, have often said affirmative action is an issue that they hope will drive voters to the ballot box. will drive them to get out next november. they feel there's only so much the president can do. this is an issue that voters have to be a deciding factor on. >> mary brings up the voters and whether this will drive people to the polls. polling is interesting. aside from what they'll decide on election day. the polling has somewhat nuanced. most americans say they strongly support promotion of racial diversity on college campuses, universities across the country. but strong majorities also oppose the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions.

jon karl, somewhat complicated there. >> and the numbers on this show that public opinion is almost exactly the same on both of those points which to some degree are at odds. you have, in the latest polling on this, 63% of americans saying that they favor a ban on using race as a factor in admissions at colleges. but almost exactly the same number saying that they support the idea of programs that increase racial diversity on college campuses. so the question now to all these colleges which must in very short order rework theired a mig their admissions criteria, how do they do that? how do you ensure that a college campus reflects the country at large? how do you ensure a college

campus continues to have racial diversity on campus? >> it would seem they're arguing the biography, the narrative put forward by an individual student would be how you would achieve that. there will be debate on whether or not that's the best way to do this. that's the case they are making in this decision. >> and i mean, david, we've been through the college application process. some longer ago than others. you can imagine the pressure that might put on students who feel they must make their essay effectively about how their case has affected their life. some obviously would like to do that. some may want to write about something else. this says if race is to be a factor in the admissions, you must make it part of your story. your story is most effectively told on those college applications through that very critical essay. >> jon karl, valid point. thank you very much. i want to bring in professor of law at loyola who himself, he has said that affirmative action

made a big difference in the trajectory of his ka raoerbg his path. i just want to get your reaction, professor, to this decision? >> unfortunately, this is a bleak day for equity, diversity and inclusion, especially for racial minority. back in 1971 when i applied to yale college, i knew that yale was interested in having me as qualified candidate apply as an african-american. today the supreme court is sending a negative message to racial minorities who are applying to colleges that they're going to have another obstacle to what they face in college admissions. >> we do have two students with us. we wanted to get reaction on both sides of the debate. pro affirmative at duke and unc chapel hill.

i know you were hoping this would go the other way. what do you make of what you've learned in their decision so far that they say can't simply be sort of a checkmark based on identity, but must be part of a student's narrative, what they present to the school as part of their biography? >> i would say that i'm disappointed, but i'm not surprised. when we talk about wholistic admissions, to say you can't include a student's identity, the person behind the papers, test scores, you're not allowed to use race which is such encompassing part of at least my identity as an underrepresented minority. it makes me feel upset. we know what happens when affirmative actions goes away from universities. you can look at california, michigan, who has already banned it, and see how their state flagships lack an astounding number of black and latino students. the one thing that really is

making me sad, i'll just say, today is that my identity has to be my grief, the struggles that i have gone through as an african-american woman in the united states. if i were applying to college today, i would have to write about those traumas in my essay. i would have to write about those traumas and very hard experiences for admissions officers to accept the overwhelming truth that we all know which is that it is hard to be a black person in america. and i don't think that's fair. >> that's the point jon karl was making. students might be forced to write about their experiences or particular experiences that perhaps they might not have included in their essays because they're not allowed now moving forward to put on that piece of paper a key part of their identity. that's what you're saying here. >> yeah. i'm saying that, like for

example, when i was applying to college last year, i had put down i'm african-american. i put down that i come from a nigerian family. being from the area that i was, everyone who is involved in college admissions knows that i was, by being black, more likely to experience things at schools which i went to growing up. more likely to have teachers that didn't look like me, which was the case. i did not have a black teacher. i think that when it comes to kids who are applying in the next cycle, it is going to be hard to see themselves as someone outside of their race. i feel like that's what allowed affirmative action by it being limited in the past to just being one factor considered amongst a host of others in a wholistic process. it was never going to be the deciding factor though many people still believe that it is. i think now that students are forced to talk about racial

discrimination and they're faced with it, there are obstacles with it in their college essays, they are now being known by their race first and by their academics second because they have to put down the forefront to prove their race in the united states. >> we really do appreciate. stick with us as we continue the coverage. i want to bring in prospective brown university student. alex, you are on the other side of this. you were hoping the supreme court would move in the direction that it did today. why do you think this is the right way to move forward on this? >> i think this is a win for students across america. we shouldn't be judging students by race. i believe your previous steps are mistaken. by getting rid of affirmative action, now we look at the individual student and what they've accomplished. we view them as an individual first and foremost as opposed to just viewing them as a blob,

larger racial group as opposed to under this new system we get to view student force who they are. i think that's a much better way to go forward on this topic. >> you heard the point though that this forces students, if they want the school to take into account race, that they are going to have to now write about this. >> right. i think that mentally, right. for most people, race is just a characteristic. it's just the way that your body manifests. i think for some students that does play a role in how they experience the role but for some it doesn't. i think allowing them that option to express that in an essay affords much more freedom. race doesn't affect everybody the same way. just to have a blanket policy where everybody's race is considered no matter what, i don't think that's appropriate. it impacts different people in different ways. lot of these arguments often times in favor of affirmative

action are in congress. i heard people say affirmative action, that's a good way to overcome past discrimination. in my experience as an asian american, i'm not exactly sure how that works for me. it's much more difficult for asian americans to gain admittance to schools. i don't think you will see any instance of asian discriminating against whites. for me, that just sort of falls flat. i'm going to brown next year. i'm happy the admission officers at brown took me for whatever reason. it does make me feel a little uncomfortable that knowing in that admissions office when they were deciding whether they were going to accept me, reject me, that they might have been considering my race. that's not something that anyone can control. i think it's unfair to judge someone based on that when there are so many better ways to judge students based on their character, accomplishments.

race? it's just how you're born. you can't change it. >> alex, appreciate your perspective. back to you. you've heard the other side. what do you make of that argument? >> well, i think alec said something that was really interesting which is that race for some people is just a characteristic. race for people who look like me, race for latino students, it's not just a characteristic. it's something that determines the funding that i get, the representation that i lack. and i think this is a common argument that i have heard on my campus, that it is harder for asian students to get in, that they are being hurt by this. the arguments on both sides about the validity, they are both valid. i will say when i go on duke's campus, we're about 7% black, 30

30% asian. they can't control their legacy student but that helps them get into school. that's not something striking down. students can't control the fact their parents are rich, but that helps them be able to afford to go to schools like duke or brown. it's very short sighted to not recognize that regardless of if you're white, asian, black, hispanic, race does have an impact on your life, on your identity, and how you navigate in the united states. to have a wholistic admissions process that doesn't consider that huge part an unmoveable part of a student's identity through the college application process, unless a student chooses to write about their traumas, i think is not how we go about making things fair in institutions in the united states. >> alex, i'll let you respond to her questioning of your line about it's simply a

characteristic. she's saying that's a flawed argument. >> right. well, i think this whole business, when we're deciding based on race, at least as a factor. that sort of assumes all people at a race are monolithic. i know for asian americans the way we are perceived is hard work, no charisma, no character. you see that in the harvard case. you'll see that's how they view asian americans. they see us sort of as bland and lacking character. that's what happens to all minority groups when you view us first and foremost as a certain race and then just look at individual characteristics that we have later. we should flip that around. view our individual characteristics first and foremost. that's the most appropriate way to do this. again, you can look at recommendation letters. there's so many other things you can look at. this wholistic admissions process. in that process, you have so much data.

you have parents income, if you might need financial aid. you have access to information about the school district you grew up in. that information actually gives you knowledge of the student's situation and sort of what advantage or disadvantages you might have in life. any student of any race in an under funded school district won't necessarily have the same opportunities that somebody at a highly funded district. by looking at what opportunities they had available and how they were able to make the most of, it's not something that requires you to look at race when you can pinpoint the experiences a student might have through other factors that don't involve race. >> appreciate it. really important to hear from the young people. deeply personal, this issue will be, in the years ahead with now the supreme court rolling back some 40 years of precedent in this country that allowed colleges and universities to use race as a key factor in determining whether or not to

admit a student. justices seeming to say race may be part of a larger narrative presented by a individual, perhaps an essay about their life story. but, again, limiting, limiting the use of race in making these decisions. we did report on justice sotomayor who praised the benefits of affirmative action. she said it rolls back decades of precedent in this country. she said it stripped out almost all uses of race in college admissions this decision today that obviously she dissents. i want to bring in kate shaw. law professor. kate, you also have reaction from justice judge ketanji brown jackson. >> that's right, david. of course justices sotomayor had a spirited dissent. justice jackson, equally powerful separate writing. she recused in the harvard case because she was a trustee for

harvard for many years but did participate in the unc case. her dissent focused on unc. she suggested the irony of what the majority does basically limiting, not totally prohibiting, but dramatically limiting the ability of colleges to take race into account when making admissions decisions. i'll read from this dissent. it will delay the day that every american has an equal opportunity to thrive regardless of race. she says basically majority holding here will do the exact opposite of what the majority promises. as to unc, she's basically saying this is flagship institution and it has embraced its obligation to afford equal protection by taking race into account, mindful of history and mindful of the present. she said what the court does is rest its decision on an entirely incorrect conception of the

constitution. >> thank you, kate. the supreme court striking down the admissions policies of harvard and unc. of course, this is sweeping. this will affect colleges, universities, across this country in their admissions process. striking down the harvard and unc admissions policies. what they are in essence doing today is rolling back the 40 years of precedent using affirmative action as part of admissions. supreme court justices say race is be part of a narrative put forward as we've been saying. an example would be the essay a student presents as part of their application. argument coming in against that notion is now students will be forced to write about race in an essay in order for that to be taken into account. deeply personal reactions on all sides of this. we've been hearing already within moments of this decision coming down. i want to bring in a couple of

our contributors. donna brazille, contributor to abc news. donna, what do you make of this decision? >> it's a very sad day. i agree with the student who said i shouldn't be surprised. but i am shocked by the fact that in the majority opinion they basically whitewash, whitewashed the constitution in a way that basically says that we were right all along, the 14 amendment, equal protection clause will guarantee us a color blind society. when slavery ended jim crow began to take root not only in the south but the rest of the country. took the civil rights act of 1964 to eliminate the racism. now the most effective tool, an affirmative tool, to eliminate barriers. a tool that would give us opportunity, is now weakened. yes, the students will have to write perhaps essays that

describe how this has been a long struggle. a long struggle to get to the place where they can even have a door to look at versus a door that would be left ajar for all people to get through. i see this as a set back. not just for minorities. of course it's a set back for minorities. it's also a set back for white women and others who have used these effective tools to remedy past discrimination based on gender. this is what i call another hilt whether it's on affirmative action, voting rights, women's right to choose. this is about freedom. i think for those of us who believe in freedom and justice and equality for more people, we have more work to do. dr. king said the arc of the universe is long and dense before justice. i will believe in that. i'll encourage those young people that you just heard, to tell their stories. be part of the narrative.

let people know how great our american story is. we were making a lot of progress. i still believe we can make progress after this disastrous opinion. >> donna, to that point, i wanted to ask you what we heard from the student both at duke and unc. she essentially said this forces a student, forces an individual to write about race when they might have otherwise written about something else in applying to a particular college or university. >> i totally agree. i'm a professor part time at georgetown university. we've been dealing with the issue, we were slave holders, too. i am ready and willing to listen to students from across the country talk about what it's been like to live two blocks or five blocks or five miles from a university and you couldn't get in, but your great grandparents or grandparents in my kiss had a role in developing that institution. we'll make it part of our

narrative. what i believe, america's narrative is supposed to be a land of opportunity. opportunity. now we are removing a tool. affirmative action, which president kennedy laid out in march of 1961 was to take affirmative steps to remove barriers to participation, not to, you know, make it a burden for others. but to remove barriers. while there has been controversy over methodologies used to achieve these goals, the bottom line is it was about opening doors. that's all. >> donna brazille, i appreciate it. i want to bring in sara ginser. she has worked in the trump administration, george w. bush. you heard donna say this was a tool to help diversity institutions in this country set forth by president kennedy. what do you make of the

decision? >> i think this is a far narrower decision. roberts court upholding precedent in this case. the grutter case from 20 years ago. saying in fact we always said you had to have a wholistic individualized assessment of these students. what north carolina and duke were doing were using check boxes for race to create a system. that violated the supreme court's earlier precedent. so in that sense it's a very narrow ruling. of course we had states ban affirmative action like california, michigan, texas. they don't rely on essays the way some are fearing that i have heard. texas uses a top 10% rule. all students who go to public high schools in texas if you graduate in the top 10% you are guaranteed admission to a public college. they have found other ways to create diversity. these schools didn't justify their policies as ameliorating past discrimination.

they said this wasn't act fixing past discrimination, it was about creating diversity. that's where you see the break with the other two race related cases. court upholding the voting rights act, indian child welfare act. those were about addressing past discrimination. what they are saying is that's different. what they were arguing here for was creating a racially diverse educational experience only using large racial groups instead of looking at individual students and what they would bring to the campus. >> sara, making the case this is more narrow in scope than perhaps some are making it out to be. i want to bring in rachel scott, our chief congressional correspondent. she's leading our coverage in the race for 2024. rachel, what have you learned? >> david, this is notable. the republican field is diverse. you have several candidates that have made their stories of adversity, diversity and own

personal struggles a center piece of their campaign while also making it clear they opposed affirmative action. we are getting reaction. nikki haley, who introduced herself during the campaign as the daughter of immigrants, says picking winners and losers based on race is fundamentally wrong. she goes on to say in a statement this decision will help every student no matter their background have a better opportunity to achieve the american dream. probably the most vocal candidate on the issue of indian dissent has called for an end to affirmative action full stop. in a statement he says, affirmative action is a badly failed experiment. time to put a nail in the coffin. tim scott who, on the campaign trail, talked about rising from poverty, has said in the past america is the land of opportunity not the land of oppression. we're all hearing from former vice president mike pence. in a statement he says he is pleased with the supreme court's decision calling affirmative

action an egregious determination of rights. then you have reason desantis and former president trump. ron desantis made it clear he hoped the supreme court would move in this direction. he says affirmative action is not okay. on the campaign trail he touts color blind admissions in florida. and former president trump, the front runner in this race, has yet to weigh in. during his administration, he rolled back obama era guidelines on affirmative action and the impact this he has had on the supreme court cannot be under stated. it's something his super pact is already noting in a statement saying trump's decision today -- the supreme court's decision today was made possible by the former president appointing conservative justices, saying america is a better nation because of it, david. >> rachel scott, appreciate it. getting reaction from many of the republican candidates. one more question on this before

we go. let's bring in rick klein, our political director. we see the dividing lines already as we move forward to election day 2024. this country looks ahead. you heard from donna brazille. she said one more blow from the roberts court. you heard from sara isger that this was much narrower in scope. republican candidates saying this is what we had hoped for. this is what we support. course donald trump super pact saying his decisions, the people he appointed to the court. we know the court leans heavily conservative now in this country because of a number of appointments made during the trump administration. so this would appear to be a key issue now building momentum. you heard donna mention roe versus wade and others, that the case democrats will make moving forward about this court. >> david, the politics of the supreme court have been up ended over the last year. for more than a generation it

has been conservatives railing against liberal leaning justices saying they want to rectify that. they have gotten what they wish. between the dobbs decision and today's decision. and others more to come. this has become a flash point for the left and not the right. potential to motivate their voters, to under score the stakes of the election. as rachel said, you can't understate the impacts of the court under the trump era. that's what democrats are going to be looking to rally behind and against. get their voters as motivated as they were around dobbs, using affirmative action. using lgbt rights. saying this is what it means to have court picks chosen by a republican president as opposed to a democrat. we have seen a seat change in the potential politics around that. >> really appreciate it, rick klein with us. bottom line here as we are on the air of live coverage of this major decision from the supreme court involving affirmative

action in this country. the court rolling back 40 years of precedent in this country, in essence striking down the admissions policies of harvard and unc. in doing so affecting colleges and universities across the country. i want to bring in devin dwyer in one last time. this essentially says they can no longer use race as a criteria in deciding who is accepted at a particular academic institution but much narrower in scope, saying you can present it as par of your life story, but not a decision based solely on >> no longer can schools grant a plus factor for of the race. they will be able to account for race to the extent that it's talked about by the students in their essays.

but no longer will the nation's most selective schools be able to use the basic forms to give a plus up for certain minority groups as they try to build diversity on campus. we know the common app, most widely used app known by colleges nationwide, has offered schools the ability to remove the check boxes from their forms for this fall. this will impact hundreds of thousands of high school students as they apply for college this fall. every college and university will have to rethink their process. david? >> really sweeping in nature. devin dwyer, thank you. we heard the deeply personal opinions on all sides of this. our team will continue to report this throughout the day. abc live, abc news.com. i'll be back with the entire team later today for "world news tonight." i'm david muir in new york. until then, have a good day. goo. >> this has been a s. >> this has been a special >> this has been a special report tepezza is an infusion.

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>> good morning america. it's 8:00 a.m. the holiday travel rush is on. airlines bracing for a record setting july 4th weekend after more than 7,000 flights were cancelled. plus, a frightening midair emergency. a delta jet forced to land without landing gear. plus as a record number of americans hit the road for the holiday, the best and worst times to drive. >> breaking this morning, that

major decision from the supreme court. we're breaking it down. a new study on managing low back and neck pain. what it tells us about opioid use. dr. ashton is here with what to know. madonna's health scare. the pop icon sent to the icu after a serious bacterial infection and postponing her tour this morning the latest on her condition and the symptoms to look out for. kelly clarkson getting candid about her decision to take anti-depressants during her divorce. why she calls it the greatest decision ever. new spin on a summertime favorite. pasta salad recipes going viral. we'll tell you how to make your dish stand out at your july 4th gathering. get ready to laugh. [ laughter ] fran drescher is here live talking about her surprising new role and a possible nanny reunion. ♪ you can ring my bell ring my bell ♪

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>> we're gonna begin with the holiday travel rush. we are heading, as you know, into what could be the busiest july 4th holiday weekend on record as airlines are dealing with thousands of flight cancellations. our transportation correspondent, been a busy man gio is still there at newark airport for us, has the latest. good morning again, gio. >> reporter: good morning again. you said it. this very well could be the busiest 4th of july holiday ever when it comes to travel. it comes after a very tough week. airlines right now, they are bracing for a record number of travellers. united airlines though is still struggling a bit already canceling 10% of its flights. that's about 300 of them. we see images of baggage piled up around the country along with frustrated passengers over ruined holiday travel plans. 7,000 flights were cancelled since saturday. in the midst of those travel woes, a frightening emergency aboard a delta flight there atlanta to charlotte. passengers seen bracing as the plane landed on its nose after the front landing gear failed to

deploy. amazingly no one was injured. passengers are praising those pilots. rightfully so. on the road, 33 million people are expected to drive for the weekend. if you are driving your best bet is today or sunday. tomorrow will be the busiest day on the road. so if you're driving, try to get on the road in the morning or at night. >> we have breaking news. let's go to terry moran. >> this is a land mark decision by the united states supreme court in a 6-3 ruling the court striking down affirmative action admissions policies at harvard university and the university of north carolina and, by extension at private and public colleges and universities across the country. in the 6-3 opinion, the court saying the use of race as one factor in admissions to achieve diversity on college campuses and student life violates the e equal protection clause of the constitution. chief justice roberts saying

race can still be considered on an individual, person by person applicant by applicant basis if it is part of the story, the experiences of the applicant. but no longer can it be used to try to diversify the student body as a whole. in dissent justice jackson. >> we turn now to managing low back and neck pain. finding opioids are no better than placebos for pain relief. dr. jennifer ashton joins us with more. tell us about this study. >> this is a basic and important concept in medicine. you always have to balance risk

versus gain. this looked at, are there benefits? they found opioids no better than placebo. there was no difference in the pain relief between people given opioids versus placebo. there was no difference in their physical functioning. you heard me say it. listen, they are given all the time. so we have to distinguish between different types of pain. then you have to go back to that risk versus benefit. >> if you have lower back pain, what's the best strategy? >> for overall management, and again we're talking about something that is incredibly common. there's a variety of treatment options available. over the counter medications like acetominiphen. ibuprofen. physical therapy can help. above the neck cognitive behavioral therapy can be effective. weight loss, if your back pain is due to excessive weight.

then interventional therapy, treating the root cause of the problem. acupuncture can even help. you have to individualize the treatment and remember you don't have to hit something over the hammer to get some kind of relief. and when you're talking about a hammer, that's opioid medication. >> sometimes a slight change can help your situation. >> exactly. >> thank you, doc. robin? >> thank you both. one of the last known surviving tuskegee air men has passed away. homer hoges died tuesday, just two days after the death of his beloved wife maddy. the couple had been married for 76 years. staff sergeant hoges was in the 99th fighter squadron in the 332nd fighter group and was one of the first black military pilots. we wish his family the very best and sending our condolences and appreciation. >> we sure do. >> coming up in our gma morning menu, what kelly clarkson is saying about her decision to take anti-depressants while going through her divorce.

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these commercial breaks, i tell ya. >> keeps us young. >> keep you young just like times square keeps you young, vibrant. welcome back to gma, everybody. tomorrow we have the right stuff. lori bergamotto will have the best of everything you need to entertain in your own back yard. >> because tis the season. now to our gma cover story. kelly clarkson revealing on a podcast that she took anti-depressants to help her get through her divorce. erielle reshef has those details. good morning, erielle. >> good morning to you, robin. clarkson admits she was hesitant to take the medication but realized things that typically felt therapeutic like her music and friends simply weren't enough. she credits them with helping her through the darkest moments

of her divorce. ♪ what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ♪ >> reporter: pop icon kelly clarkson is known for wearing her emotions on her sleeve. ♪ since you've been gone i can breathe for the first time ♪ >> reporter: now the idol winner opening up for the first time about her decision to take anti-depressants. >> i looked and couldn't stop sobbing. i couldn't stop crying. i was like, i cannot do this. >> reporter: speaking on the podcast wednesday, the 41-year-old saying her therapist urged her to consider taking the medication while she was going through a divorce from ex-husband brandon blackstock. >> my thing was, i can smile any more for america. i can't do it. i'm not happy and i need help.

it was one of the best lessons because she kept trying to convince me. girl, you're doing a lot. you're having to balance a lot. trying to put my best foot forward in front of my kids. i was like, i can't do it. >> reporter: clarkson was hesitant at first but decided to use lexipro temporarily during the split. >> managing mental health can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. we know that in these times of need that if people can find support through other people's story, this is what's able to help them manage their mental health in a better way. >> reporter: now clarkson says she's thankful for prioritizing her well-being. >> it was a really good lesson in you need to put your ego aside. everything aside. if somebody is trying to help you, listen. it was, honest to god, the greatest decision ever. i wouldn't have made it. >> reporter: clarkson said she is still in regular therapy and says the medication helped her handle that chapter of her life so she could just focus on the future. doctors tell us there are so many treatments available and you and your physician can determine what's the best fit for you. whit?

>> important information, thanks so much. now to the latest on madonna, who's out of the icu after recovering from a serious bacterial infection and has postponed her tour. our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton is back with more on that condition and what to do if you think you have an infection. great to see you. >> you, too, whit. >> we don't know what this bacterial infection was that put her in the icu. what do people need to look out for? for a variety of different infections? >> when you hear bacterial infection, remember some basic infectious disease. we can get infections caused by parasites, fungus, bacteria. viruses. at play in this case is a bacterial infection. this can range from anything common like a urinary tract infection. could be food poisoning, pneumonia. then you can see sepsis, which is when the original source of the infection then spreads to the blood. bacterial meningitis. both can be life threatening. when you talk about sepsis,

things we see clinically, rapid heart rate, sudden and high fever. then you can have a change in your mental status. for bacterial meningitis this is a life threatening medical emergency. high fever, stiff neck, nausea, change in mental status. this is something that's seen in hospital settings every single day. >> if an infection is actually serious enough to put you in the hospital, what does recovery look like? >> when you talk about someone who's been in an intensive care unit setting with a breathing tube down their throat, their recovery depends on their baseline medical condition before they became sick. how long they were in the unit and intubated in a case like this. whether there was multisystem organ involvement and other organs like lungs, brains, heart or kidneys were affected. it's very variable. that recovery period can go from days to weeks to months. >> even though there are so many different ways you can get an infection, what are some ways you can protect yourself? >> when you talk about bacterial infections you have to talk about where they're coming from.

if you talk about community acquired bacterial infections. thing likes vaccinations, staying home if you're sick, foodborne infections. you talk about proper food handling, preparation and storage. keeping those high touch points clean. skin infections. hospitals have their own prevention. overall this severity is uncommon. >> all right. dr. ashton, thank you so much. >> you bet. >> michael, over to you. we're going to turn to a fresh take on a summer staple. pasta salad. recipes are going viral. surprising flavor combinations are making this a hot new trend. eva pilgrim is here with all the delicious details. good morning, eva. >> we all grew up with pasta salad, right? >> yes. >> the great thing about pasta salad is it can be anything you want it to be. all you need is pasta, some dressing and whatever you already have on hand.

and anyone can make it, even me. pasta salad season is the best type of season. >> reporter: it's the side dish of the summer. pasta salad. >> so simple. it tastes absolutely delicious. >> reporter: the hash tag pasta salad summer has more than 31 million views on tik tok. influencers sharing their favorite flavors to add to their seasonal treat, adding a tasty treat like this mexican inspired medley. >> tomato, cilantro -- >> reporter: tossing whatever their hearts desire into their pasta. ♪ >> reporter: author of "let's eat" giving me the scoop on a family favorite. a pasta salad with italian flavors. >> it has tomatoes, olives, fresh basil. then i have got my salami and provolone. it's like an italian sandwich in a bowl.

>> reporter: salami, olives, garlic, check. >> should we assemble? >> reporter: yes. ready? one, two, three. >> the color is so beautiful. >> reporter: here's the test. mmmm. is it good? >> very good. >> reporter: can't wait for you guys to try it. we did that together. pasta salad is one of those magic dishes that often gets better overnight so i brought you some to try. >> mmmm. >> i'm waiting for utensils. >> i was going to go in with my hands. that would be a little awkward. >> robin made it work. she was like, yum. >> i made it myself. [ applause ] >> yes, eva. >> compliments to the chef. it has good seasoning to it. it's best for it to sit overnight? >> it tastes better when it gets to sit overnight. it marinates together. >> thank you, eva. we want you to know dan's recipe

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is next. build a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. >> this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm reggie from abc seven mornings and jobina has a look at our traffic this morning. how did jobina? >> hi reggie. thank you. good morning everybody. so we're going to start with the bay bridge toll plaza because it is incredibly light here right now. we had some earlier issues on the upper deck of the bridge. that's all cleared. metering lights came on at 536. and, you know, we're really starting to see traffic lighten up because people are traveling for the holiday weekend and already out of town. but we do have a fog

advisory issued for the golden gate bridge. it's very thick in that area. we'll end here with a look at the drive times.

good morning. >> taking a look at temperatures right now. we're climbing through the 50s and the 60s as our warm-up does get underway away from the coast this afternoon. here's a live look at our san jose camera. we already have sunshine here. that fog is clearing quick early today. so as we head into the afternoon, we'll find bright skies.

temperatures are hot inland. we're in the 90s today. every where we're going above average for this time of the year. 70s around the bay shoreline. the coast is still quite comfortable in the 60s, but everything heats up tomorrow. it's for that fact. a heat advisory goes into effect for a huge portion of the region with some of the hottest weather so far this year. over the weekend, reggie. >> drew, thank you. we'll have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes. you can always catch us on our news app and abc7 news.com. now >> announcer: welcome back to gma live from times square. we welcome you back to gma live in times square. we are scouring the country looking for the best breakfast. restaurants are facing off for the chance to come to nyc and compete for our $10,000 grand prize. >> lot of money. this morning round 4 of our united states of breakfast is happening in philadelphia.

will reeve is there. hey, will. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning again. i'm in south philadelphia for breakfast sandwich showdown. we have two of philly's favorite breakfast spots throwing down. first up kyle and joe from darnel's cakes. home made butter dough cake. they seem like they are ready. over here matthew and edwin from middle child. they're bringing us an egg and cheese breakfast sandwich. sound likes you are ready as well. we have our judges. right next to me former philadelphia eagle legend jon runyan. [ applause ] michael strahan, we're all on the same team. owner of laser wolf, a hot restaurant in philadelphia, michael solomonov. joining us from wpbi is anchor alicia vitarelli. what's the key to a great breakfast sandwich?

>> it is a good bite. you want to get all the flavors. you want the robust heaviness of the sandwich in your mouth for one bite. it's got to be great. >> we know both of these are great. some of us were trying these beforehand. let's show america what we're getting into and who we are celebrating here. [ applause ] most important meal of the day is now the city's biggest bragging rights battle. contender number one, darnel's cakes run by joe and kyle. the restaurant named in honor of kyle's cousin. >> i often feel his spirit in this place. hope it's a good reflection of who he was. >> reporter: they will be competing with their sammy's sandwich a bacon egg and cheese topped with a thai shalot mayo and served on a fluffy biscuit. >> darnel's cakes got this in

the bag. best breakfast place in town. there's a lot of other breakfast places in town. i think everybody is just trying way too hard. >> middle child owner matthew is hoping to go to number one in this competition. >> really four simple ingredients. i love that this sandwich, without trying to be over the top or working so hard can just taste so good. >> reporter: they will be headlining with their melt in your mouth pastrami egg and cheese on local bread. >> often the middle child has to be loud and make a name for itself. the whole point was the lunch counter, try to create a sense of community. i think we've done a pretty good job. [ applause ] >> okay. let's get down to business here in philadelphia. let's taste these sandwiches. we're gonna start over here with darnel's cakes. judges, you can dig in. that's the butter milk biscuit egg and cheese. tell me about this sandwich, please. >> i mean, first of all, the key to any good sandwich is the bread.

we bake our biscuits fresh in house every day. 216 layers of butter, flour, eggs, sugar and everything. it's a light fluffy, flakey melt in your mouth sensation. >> tell us about the rest. >> applewood smoked bacon. we house make our sauce which is our thai chili sweet aioli. then we have a blend of cheeses. >> that looks delicious. judges, you had your bites. jon, what are you thinking? >> first off the aioli is awesome. being a big fat guy, bacon times two. that's all i gotta say. [ applause ] >> yeah. bacon times two. it's incredible. this might be one of the best biscuits i have ever had in my life. [ applause ] >> alicia, what do you got? >> i was told this biscuit was made with butter and love. it tastes like it.

>> 216 layers of butter. darnel's cakes, you have submitted your entry. we're going to move over here now to middle child. [ applause ] we've got matt and edwin and a whole bunch of pastrami. what's up with your sandwiches? judge, while i learn about the sandwich, you learn about it by eating it. >> our sandwich is all about simplicity. four simple ingredients. we've got pastrami. this takes seven days to make. we cure it, smoke it, then steam it overnight. we've got locally made rye bread from my buddy pete's bakery. another simple ingredient, scrambled eggs. the whole plate -- >> look at that. eat, eat, please, please. >> they're raw. but, yeah. all about deceivingly simple. four simple ingredients. no crazy anything, but everything done right. the eggs we scramble them to order, aerate them to get them nice and fluffy. hopefully all those things work together to make the best sandwich.

>> fantastic. we're going back to our judges here. you've had your bite of the middle child pastrami sandwich. >> simple, classic and really tasty. >> easy. michael? >> yeah. nostalgic. it's really put together well. this is going to be a tough competition. >> oh wow. alicia? >> i'm a pastrami snob. this is like a national treasure. protect this at all costs. delicious. [ applause ] >> a national treasure. okay. it is time to see who's going to advance to our final round. i have got the sixers stickers behind me. can i get a drum roll? with the drum roll, we'll start with our judges. jon runyan, darnel's cakes or middle child? who is your winer? >> darnel's. [ applause ] >> that's one. you gotta get two. michael, who's your winner? >> middle child. >> oh my god! [ applause ] we've got some drama here. okay.

this next vote from alicia is going to send the winner to new york. chance to win $10,000 tomorrow. no pressure. who do you got? >> i'm the tie breaker? all right. listen, they were both amazing. i will eat these sandwiches forever. but middle child. >> middle child. you win! [ cheers and applause ] >> congratulations. come on out here. here. [ cheers and applause ] you can get right here. the winner of round 4 of the united states of breakfast, middle child. they will go to new york to compete for the grand prize of $10,000. you're both winner, guys. thank you very much for being here. darnel's cakes. can we get a good sport shake of hands here? >> we love you guys. >> we are all winners here. we've got some great breakfast sandwiches.

congratulations. thank you to all of our friends, our mascot. and you at home for watching. big finale tomorrow in new york. >> congratulations. congratulations middle child. we will see you tomorrow for our grand finale in times square. the streak is over. >> the hot streak is over. i was nervous about this one. it was close. >> you thought the pastrami. >> the pastrami was a game changer. but i get to eat it all tomorrow so it's a win-win for me anyway. >> coming up next one of our all time favorite guests is here live in times square. fran drescher is going to join us when we come back. is going n us when we come back. yes,

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welcome back, everybody. there's no one quite like fran drescher. the world fell in love in her in "the nanny." now she's throwing us all a curve ball starring in the four part series vy andrews' "dawn." take a look at the clip. >> why are you talking like that? >> because i am auditioning, so i have to stay in character 'cause i am a woman of the world, young lady. now, why don't you tell me where you really were? >> just where i said i was.

>> blanche. [ laughter ] >> let's give a warm welcome to fran drescher. [ applause ] we've been so used to your famous voice. >> i know! i only do that there. >> i only did that in that thing. >> how was it? speaking southern? >> it was fun. everything about this character was fun. soon as i read it and lifetime was nice enough to offer it to me. i said i really want to do it. it's actually a very suspenseful little series. my character adds a little, i think, comedy to it and different personality. she's very eccentric and an actress. frustrated actress. it's just a fun character. i drive all the scenes that i'm in, which is something that i enjoy doing when i'm acting. it's great. i'm very happy that i'm part of this wonderful limited series.

>> i'm sure your fans, i'm sure they never imagined they would see you in something like vc andrews. >> i know. so many people that i know are such big fans of the author. when they were younger, read "flowers in the attic" and was so into it. this is kind of like a continuation of that. i'm just delighted to have been asked to be part of it. it is something that's different. it's not a regular sitcom. it's a movie in four parts. suspense filled and, you know, it has some love and ghosts and it's got a mean old grandma. then it's got me the crazy land lady. >> everything you can want is in there. >> exactly. >> you're busy being an actress. everything else you have going on. you can the president of sag

aftra. >> i am. did you vote for me? >> you always get my vote. absolutely. [ laughter ] we saw from the news that they're authorizing a strike if a deal is not reached by friday. >> we do have unprecedented support from the union members that if we feel like we're not making head way when the contract expire, which is june 30th at 11:59 p.m., we're gonna have to strike. >> are you making headway? >> in some areas we are. in some areas we're not. we just have to see. in earnest it would be great if we could walk away with the deal that we want. at the end of the day, you know, we're living in a time that's very different from the last few decades when the foundation of the contract was forged. it's the digital age now and the age of streaming.

it's a whole different business model. so it really begs that we stand firm and hold strong and do right by the remembers in this industry and honor the massive contributions that they make. i'm really in it to win it on behalf of our 180,000 members and we stand by the writers guild, too. >> i tell you right now, they got a great leader. they got a great leader. >> yes, they do. yes, they do. >> thank you. thank you, thank you. >> you mean me? >> of course you. >> i'll take it! [ applause ] thank you, thank you. that's so sweet. >> thank you for coming here. >> they just announced that i'm gonna run again but uncontested and supported by both major parties. so that's also kind of historic and flattering.

i feel a responsibility to, you know, really keep moving us in the right direction. we've never been, you know, this strong in solidarity and unity. >> well, thank you so much. that says a lot about you that they're gonna vote you back in. we appreciate you. >> can i mention one other thing, too, besides vc andrews and lunch time. cancer smancer is my organization. on july 29th, we will be in the hamptons with the fran drescher group. it's the first time on the east coast. i hope everyone goes to our website, cancer smancer.org. and comes. i'll be there. it's an amazing day of education. >> thank you. i appreciate you doing that. >> love you. >> you're doing everything, fran. always great to see you. vc andrews' "dawn" premieres on lifetime. you can see fran on july 15th. great job.

keep it going. >> thank you, michael. drew with an accuweather forecast. warm weather from the coast. 90's and the hottest spots, but hotter as we head into the seven-day forecast. warm spell speaking on saturday with he advisories in efef coming up kate and charlie gibson and author anna quindlen are here live. we'll be right back. we

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she's after people to write. anna's been nice enough to join us this morning. this book, of all the podcasts we've done, probably got more reaction than any others. it's such a simple idea. you want people writing. why? for whom? and what do you expect them to write? >> well, charlie, you and kate know that we talk all the time now about stress and anxiety and lack of connection, particularly coming out of covid. data shows, research shows that we all have at our finger tips literally something that can help with those things. that's writing. when you write about yours strengths, your anxieties, they are mitigated. people don't realize that. who you write for? for yourself. to say to yourself, you know, now that i have this down on the page, it doesn't seem so daunting, so big.

also to write for the people who come after you. think of my grandchildren, okay? some day i want them to say that's what nana was like. now, i am a writer, but for everybody. for the people in this book who i call civilians. you can write a few lines and 30 years from now your grand kids might look at it and think, that's where i come from. what could be more important? >> i listened to the podcast. started reading your book. was inspired by it. kate, it's so important for people to share these pieces of their life. >> yeah. one of the things i think is interesting. it can be as small as a parent writing for a child which is really important. also you got to think about larger implication. i wonder what sociologists are going to study in the future. what would the holocaust be like without the perspective of anne frank?

we went to the library of congress. we saw the gettysburg address. you could see lincoln's notes on them. what are we going to study about day to day history if we don't have that, those colors to flush out the painting. >> anna, you say in the book, how do you start? what are the rules? you say there are no rules. you just start. i love the expression. you say put your butt in the chair, write one word, then another word and another word. it doesn't make any difference if you're a good writer. it will mean something to the people who read it. >> when people are so intimidated by the idea of writing, and i understand that because i am intimidated every single day. because writing is an act of confidence. writing is you saying, i have something to say and someone should listen to me. but if you're just talking to yourself or maybe future generations, don't worry about the audience. worry about the effect. you know, one of the points i

make about the diary of a young girl by anne frank is, we all think of that as a famous book now. that's not what was happening when anne frank started. she said, i want to have someone to tell my troubles to. >> forgive me. >> and created a historical document. >> beyond the history because we don't have much time left. i know this is important to you, charlie. the importance of leaving something behind for your family. >> i have some letters that my uncle, after whom i was named, wrote when he was in world war i. world war i, in the trenches. he wrote, i swear i have been down in the holes while shells were falling thick and fast, where you can't do anything. you simply got to lie down and stick close. the concussion makes your chest move. do you know what i think of? i think of helen. that was his fiancee, my aunt helen. those letters bring people back.

>> that's history per kate's comments. >> forgive me, but we are out of time. fascinating conversation. you can catch the conversation more on the podcast with kate and anna. >> michael strahan took all our time. [ laughter ] >> michael!

>> always good to have charlie here. >> have a great day. >> take care. >> have a great day. take care.

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you got this. we got you. building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> good morning to you. i'm reggie from abc seven mornings and jobina has a look at our traffic. >> thank you, reggie. good morning, everybody. so we're going to start here with a live look at the richmond, san rafael bridge. we had a crash earlier in the westbound direction that has since cleared and overall traffic has been pretty light this morning. we know that people are headed out of town for the holiday. and we'll just wrap here with a look at a crash that we're following in los gatos. this is going to be northbound 17 past santa cruz avenue. hey, drew. hey, drew. >> vienna, temperatures, we're climbing through the 50s and the

60s right now. look at walnut creek. that fog is out of here. we have sunshine and it will increase as the day goes on. the big takeaway today, we're actually above average for this time of the year. 90s make a comeback inland. so it's hot inland today 70 around the bay shoreline the coast in the 60s but we heat up even more friday into the weekend with a heat advisory. reggie, thanks to we're back on the air at 11 for midday live but right now it's live with kelly and mark deja vu: it's live with kelly and mark. today, we get a visit from kristin chenoweth. and actress emma roberts plus, from the resident, malcolm-jamal warner. and ryan seacrest is our co-host du jour. all next on live. and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest.